We need to sand around some windows top prepare them for painting
what's the best tool for this the fein multi master, or what ?
We need to sand around some windows top prepare them for painting
what's the best tool for this the fein multi master, or what ?
Sandpaper should do.
Caustic soda
Owain
Is this a complicated pattern that has lots of ins and outs that need sanding?
The fein has a moulding sanding attachment - basically a series of rubber profiles that you can wrap and clip sandpaper round - it then sands with a linear action.
Alternatively you can make a custom hand sanding block with some cling film and (wait for it) car body filler! Cover a small section with cling film and push some boddy filler onto it to take up the profile of moulding. Let it harden and then use it as a hand sanding block with an adhesive backed paper.
traditional curvy pattern
is it the best tool for the job ?
or something cheaper and simpler - I don't do much of that sort of thing at the moment
There's a cunning idea there, isn't there
If youre willing to strip a bit off by hand first you'd get a much better shape on the hand sanding block.
NT
With a moment more thought, sanding is deprecated for sash windows due to the risks of inhaling lead compound dust. Liquid stripper works if you need bare wood.
NT
In message , Rednadnerb writes
Hah, you're pullin' my todger
You wouldn't happen to know a suitable implement for knocking nails into a piece of wood while you're at it, would you ?
Having strippped *miles* of Victorian & Edwardian mouldings, I found that gentle application of a blowlamp followed by a firm wiping action with a genuine bristle (1) floor scrubbing brush works wonders. It is very important only to wipe in one direction - from the already stripped wood towards the heated area and then beyond onto cool. This literally rolls up the paint/varnish/shellac gunge. Then sanding is very easy with ordinary sandpaper as the wood hasn't been mucked up as it can be when using a scraper.
(1) Don't try this with a plastic brush - it'll melt !!!!
AWEM
Brass suede shoe brush,give it a few scuffings on a piece of scrap wood before use to soften it up.
He wants to sand the paint not burn it off.
Ooooh!
It may be a measure of my ignorance but I've not heard that before... ...and there's me just preparing to make good some rather grand victorian coving.
Thank you.
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Pearls before swine - just tuck it away for next time and get over it !
AWEM
Angle grinder. Sorry it was late.
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